Harnessing Drone-Based LiDAR to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Throughout BGE’s service area our vegetation management team is leveraging cutting-edge LiDAR technology mounted on uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, to monitor...
Powering Possibility: BGE Celebrates 10 Years of Workforce Development
BGE launched its first workforce development program in 2016 with a high school internship in Baltimore City that served 14 students. Only ten years later,...
Sketching the Future: From A Napkin Doodle to an Electric Dump Truck
Some ideas are too good to stay on a napkin. Just ask Southwest Airlines founders Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe, or...
Horses, Helicopters, and Hybrids: Tracing Two Centuries of Transportation Innovation
Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, but they’re not just modern marvels. BGE was ahead of the curve: we had a fleet of electric cars...
Look Up: BGE Lineworkers – Wired to Serve
You’ve probably seen BGE lineworkers repairing outages after thunderstorms or high winds, but have you ever wondered what the rest of their work is like?...
Innovation at Work: Strategic Vegetation Management Helps Keep the Lights On
Nobody likes to be left in the dark, especially during a storm. When outages occur, trees are often the culprit. BGE already invests substantial resources...
BGE Celebrates Our Gas Employees on Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day
March 18th is Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day! BGE is proud to celebrate our gas crews and employees who make a significant impact each day....
High School Grad Starts as Intern, Ends Summer as Full-Time Employee
BGE powers our region’s economic health by increasing equity, empowerment and employment opportunities throughout central Maryland. What does this mean? BGE creates careers – both...
Good Energy Leads to Possibility
As operators of the electric grid, BGE is the natural fit to manage a customer-focused transition to electrification. Through EVsmart, BGE is helping central Maryland...
BGE, PHI host ENERGY STEM Day at Cardinal Shehan School
BGE and PHI partnered recently to host an Energy STEM Day at the Cardinal Shehan School in Baltimore for 7th and 8th graders. The day...
The safety tradition meets new training tools
OQ – Operator Qualifications – are the center of the natural gas training. Before employees can perform any work on the natural gas delivery system,...
BGE launches an EV ride-hailing program with Lyft
In July 2022, BGE’s EVsmart team launched an Electric Vehicles (EVs) ride-hailing program with Lyft. The program, designed to help Maryland achieve its goal of...